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East Carolina University freshmen and transfer students who are either majoring in an area within the College of Allied Health Sciences or interested in pursuing a degree from the College and earned a 3.0 GPA or higher during the fall semester were recognized for their academic achievements on Feb. 20 as part of the annual ECU EXCELS program. Following a brief presentation by Interim Dean Greg Hassler, senior students and faculty members from the four undergraduate programs at CAHS, Clinical Laboratory Science, Health Services Management, Speech and Hearing Science, and Rehabilitation Services spoke about their programs and gave the students advice about how to make the most out of their majors and to continue succeeding in their college careers. After hearing from the seniors, advisors Anthony Coutouzis and Kristal Gauthier presented the awarded students with an ECU Excels certificate, along with Dr. Hassler. The following students were invited to be recognized as part of the ECU Excels Program: Adams, Kathryn A. Adams, Melissa D. Alford, Carter L. Almutairi, Rashed A. Ayscue, Ashley K. Baggett, Anna M. Bates, Lindsey H. Best, Morgan B. Bogert, Hunter S. Bridgers, Maci A. Brinkley, Mariana E. Bullard, Madison A. Burgin, Stephanie Butler, Jennifer B. Cantrell, Casey F. Clarke, Kimberly M. [read more…]

The 11th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium has been set for February 6, 2015 at the East Carolina Heart Institute. This year’s symposium theme centers around new models for empowering personal and community health and will feature keynote speaker Dr. L. Allen Dobson, the president and CEO of Community Care of NC. Along with the keynote address from Dr. Dobson, those in attendance will enjoy a panel discussion, breakout sessions, and a question and answer session with Dr. Dobson and the panelists. This one-day symposium will feature information and sessions on: • creating community partnerships focused on the behavioral determinants of obesity • improving outcomes among African American women with Type 2 DM • innovative approaches to mental health issues of minority adolescents • community partnerships as portals to access • improving health through community engaged dental education • new models for empowering community and minority health The event, named in the honor of Jean Elaine Mills, an ECU alumna who died of breast cancer in 2000, serves as a tribute to Mills and to bring awareness and solutions for health problems that plague North Carolinians particularly African-Americans and other minorities. The only minority rural health care symposium of its kind in [read more…]

The College of Allied Health Sciences celebrated homecoming weekend at East Carolina University Oct. 3 with a reception held in the Health Sciences Building lobby. With over 150 alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the College registered to attend, the building was full of excited patrons exploring the various departments and enjoying a “treasure hunt” throughout the College. The CAHS homecoming event began with a reception in the lobby where guests were treated with a performance from the ECU women’s a Capella group, The Magnolia Belles. Following welcoming remarks from Dean Stephen Thomas, who celebrated his last homecoming with the College before his upcoming retirement and Sydney Humphreys, student liaison to the Dean, Director of Development Pat Frede took the podium to present Dr. Thomas with a surprise. The CAHS Advancement Council along with the Medical and Health Sciences Foundation has renamed the Student Leadership Legacy Fund to the Dr. Stephen W. Thomas Leadership Legacy Student Fund. Dr. Thomas said he was made “speechless” by the honor and was grateful that a fund he feels so passionate about now holds his name. After hearing instructions for the evening from Dr. Kathleen Cox, department chair in the Department of Communication Sciences [read more…]

The College of Allied Health Sciences is planning for two big events in October, the 44th Annual Meta M. Downes Speech-Language and Hearing Symposium and the Health Informatics Career and Internship Symposium. The Downes Symposium, sponsored by the East Carolina University Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association in cooperation with the ECU Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSDI) and Eastern AHEC, will enable learners to increase knowledge and skills needed to work with individuals with communication impairments and their families. The target audience includes speech-language pathologists, audiologists, students, and all interested others. The theme for this year’s symposium is “Developing Evidence Based Treatment for Childhood Articulation Disorders and Vocabulary and Literacy Development in Latino Preschoolers” and will feature lectures from CSDI faculty members Lucia Mendez and Yolanda Holt. Along with development activities based on the symposium theme, those in attendance will also learn more about evidence-based practices, posing clinical questions, impact of variations in classification of disorders, and the link between vocabulary and literacy. This annual professional development event will be held Oct. 17 from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.at the East Carolina Heart Institute with registration beginning at 8 a.m. For more information view the brochure. The Health Informatics [read more…]

The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) board of directors has invited Dr. Beth Velde, director of strategic planning & the Mills Symposium for the College of Allied Health Sciences, to become an inaugural member of the Academy. Dr. Velde was nominated and selected by peers because of her practice and model of excellence in collaboration with communities and the university while addressing critical issues of mutual benefit. She will be inducted to the Academy Oct. 7 at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. The mission of the Academy of Engaged Scholarship (ACES) is to assist in improving the physical, social, civic and economic well-being of communities by advancing scholarship based on collaborative discovery by communities and their higher education partners. To do so, ACES selects persons in communities and higher education institutions who have been recognized by their peers as exceptional in their accomplishments in engagement to serve as members. These members then draw on that expertise to further the application of engagement for addressing the challenges and opportunities of community and higher education partners. Members selected will also have the opportunity to serve the greater good by advancing community engagement scholarship and advancing community-engaged disciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarly activities and [read more…]